Analyzing a Company for Its Investment Potentlal

In its annual report, WRS Athletic Supply, Inc., includes the following five$-$year financial summary.

WRS ATHLETIC SUPPLY, INC

Five$-$Year Financial Summary $($Partial; adapted$)$

$\backslash$table$[[($Dollar amounts in thousands except per share data$),2015,2014,2013,2012,2011,2010],[$Net sales,$$244,524,$$$217,799,$$$191,329,$$$165,013,5137,634,],[$Net sales increase,$12\%,14\%,16\%,20\%,17\%,],[$Domestic comparative store sales increase,$5\%,6\%,5\%,8\%,9\%,],[$Other income$-$ner,$2,001,1,8-3,1,{78}^{-},1,615,1,391,],[$Cost of sales,$191,838,171,562,150,255,129,664,108,725,],[\backslash$table$[[$Operating$,$ selling, and general and$],[$administrative expenses$]],41,236,36,356,31,6^{-9},27,408,22,516,],[\backslash$table$[[$Interest:$],[$Interest expense$]],1,063,1,357,1,383,1,045,803,],[\backslash$table$[[$Interest expense$],[$Interest income$]],(138),(171),(188),(204),(189),],[$Income tax expense,$4,487,3,897,3,692,3,338,2,740,],[$Net income,$8,039,6,671,6,295,5,37,4,430,],[$Per share of common stock:,,,,,,$],[\backslash$table$[[$Net income$],[$Dividends$]],\backslash$table$[[1\mathrm{.}81],[0\mathrm{.}30]],1\mathrm{.}49,1\mathrm{.}41,\backslash$table$[[1\mathrm{.}21],[0\mathrm{.}20]],\backslash$table$[[0\mathrm{.}99],[0\mathrm{.}16]],],[\frac{\text{D}\text{i}\text{v}\text{i}\text{d}\text{e}\text{n}\text{d}\text{s}}{\text{F}\text{i}\text{n}\text{a}\text{n}\text{c}\text{i}\text{a}\text{l}\text{P}\text{o}\text{s}\text{i}\text{t}\text{i}\text{o}\text{n}},0\mathrm{.}30,0\mathrm{.}28,0\mathrm{.}24,,0\mathrm{.}16,],[\backslash$table$[[$Financial Position$],[$Current assets, excluding inventory$]],$$$30,483,527,878,$$ $26,555,$$$24,356,$s $21,132,],[\backslash$table$[[$Inventories at L$.$IFn cost$]],24,891,22,614,21,442,19,-93,1^{-},0^{-}6,$$$16\mathrm{.}497$